Strainer.



c. 11. GUTTINGER. STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1909- 967,370. Patented-Aug. 16,1910.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR,

W M266 6. Gaza/yer, WUJM 125 1161 CHARLES G. GUTTINGER, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed June 15, 1909. Serial No. 502,364.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Gr. GUTT1N- GER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Strainers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to strainers and its object is to provide a frameadapted to be opened or separated for the reception of a ring to retainwithin the frame a piece of cloth through which the straining is done,the frame being closed to secure the ring and cloth by suitablefastening. These and other objects and details of the invention will bemore fully described in the following specification, set forth in theclaim and illustrated in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the strainer. Fig. 2 is a side view of theframe. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the frame. Fig. 4 is asectional view through the clasp on line 4.4., Fig. 2.

As cloth furnishes the most desirable straining material inasmuch as itis cheap, readily cleaned, will not rust and may be obtained in manygrades of fineness of mesh and cloth of the same number of threads perinch straining much finer than Wire, due to the loose fibers in thecloth which retain all impurities and sediment, the present inventionprovides a means for utilizing cloth for this purpose so that it may bereadily inserted and held in a handle or quickly removed when changingto another grade or replacing same when worn out.

The great weakness of the wire mesh strainer is the fact that the meshis not fine enough to strain to the desired degree of cleanness and theease with which the mesh rust, is injured or destroyed, rendering thedevice worthless. This improved strainer is permanent, in that all partsbut the cloth will not be injured by any ordinary use and the cloth isrenewable easily and with slight expense.

The strainer consists primarily of a frame of sheet metal strip having acircular portion 10 with a shoulder or bead 11 on each edge and aninterior centrally located groove 12. The ends of the strip extendoutwardly and are bowed as at 13 to form a handle. Formed in one of thearms of the handle is an elongated indentation 12 into which is fitted asimilarly projecting tongue 13 from the other handle section, theinterlocking of the tongue and indentation forming a rigid connectionbetween the two members and bracing and strengthening the device whenthe ends of the arms are brought together.

A wire ring 15 is provided to fit within the groove after having thecloth fitted around it, the ring being inserted within the circularframe while the ends are separated and when closed the ring with thecloth on its outside is forced into the groove to secure the cloth. Whenthe ends of the frame are closed they are locked and brought in rigidcontact with one another by a clasp 16 which fits over each of the endsand is carried by pivoted arm 17 secured to one of the ends. A lip 14:at one side of the clasp affords means for its manipulation. A pr0-jecting part 26 with hole in same to hang article serves also to supportstrainer over vessel into which it is desired to strain.

It will be seen that I have provided a cheap and simple device of theclass described, and one which will effectively hold the strainer bag inposition while in', use.

Slight modifications may be made in details of construction withoutdeparting from the scope of the claim.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a strainer comprising an outer circular band, beads or shouldersformed on opposite edges of said band, the latter having a centrallylocated groove extending around the inner surface of the same andbetween the said shoulders, extensions forming a continuation of saidband and adapted to form a handle when brought together, a tongue formedon one of said extensions and adapted to be received by acorrespondingly shaped indentation formed in the opposite arm, a wirering adapted to fit within the centrally located groove and to beclamped therein, a bag carried by the ring and embraced by the ring alsowithin its grooves and means for locking the several parts together asand for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES G. GUTTINGER.

Witnesses:

DAVID GoRDoN, JAMES F. DUHAMEL.

